Jenna Samra prepares to add a mirror to the Solar Eclipse tracking instrument. An NCAR research team is going to be using its Gulfstream-V research aircraft during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, to take infrared measurements for about four minutes, which will help scientists better understand the solar corona's magnetism and thermal structure. . For more photos and a video, go to dailycamera.com.
Cliff Grassmick Staff Photographer August 8, 2017

Principle investigator, Ed DeLuca, left, Alisha Vira, and Peter Cheimets, work to prepare the aircraft for the upcoming solar eclipse tracking. An NCAR research team is going to be using its Gulfstream-V research aircraft during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, to take infrared measurements for about four minutes, which will help scientists better understand the solar corona's magnetism and thermal structure. . For more photos and a video, go to dailycamera.com.
Cliff Grassmick Staff Photographer August 8, 2017

The Gulfstream-V research aircraft is stored in the NCAR hanger at Jeffco Airport in Broomfield. An NCAR research team is going to be using its Gulfstream-V research aircraft during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, to take infrared measurements for about four minutes, which will help scientists better understand the solar corona's magnetism and thermal structure. . For more photos and a video, go to dailycamera.com.
Cliff Grassmick Staff Photographer August 8, 2017

Principle investigator, Ed DeLuca, bottom, Alisha Vira, and Peter Cheimets, work to prepare the aircraft for the upcoming solar eclipse tracking. An NCAR research team is going to be using its Gulfstream-V research aircraft during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, to take infrared measurements for about four minutes, which will help scientists better understand the solar corona's magnetism and thermal structure. . For more photos and a video, go to dailycamera.com.
Cliff Grassmick Staff Photographer August 8, 2017

Alisha Vira, left, and Peter Cheiments, work to prepare the aircraft for the upcoming solar eclipse tracking. An NCAR research team is going to be using its Gulfstream-V research aircraft during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, to take infrared measurements for about four minutes, which will help scientists better understand the solar corona's magnetism and thermal structure. . For more photos and a video, go to dailycamera.com.
Cliff Grassmick Staff Photographer August 8, 2017

Principle investigator, Ed DeLuca, left, Peter Cheimets, and Jenna Samra, work to prepare the aircraft for the upcoming solar eclipse tracking. Liquid nitrogen is used to cool the tracking instrument. An NCAR research team is going to be using its Gulfstream-V research aircraft during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, to take infrared measurements for about four minutes, which will help scientists better understand the solar corona's magnetism and thermal structure. . For more photos and a video, go to dailycamera.com.
Cliff Grassmick Staff Photographer August 8, 2017

Peter Cheimets, left, and Alisha Vira, work to prepare the aircraft for the upcoming solar eclipse tracking. Liquid nitrogen is used to cool the tracking instrument. An NCAR research team is going to be using its Gulfstream-V research aircraft during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, to take infrared measurements for about four minutes, which will help scientists better understand the solar corona's magnetism and thermal structure. . For more photos and a video, go to dailycamera.com.
Cliff Grassmick Staff Photographer August 8, 2017

Researcher, Jenna Samra, walks out of the aircraft at the NCAR hanger at Jeffco Airport in Broomfield. An NCAR research team is going to be using its Gulfstream-V research aircraft during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, to take infrared measurements for about four minutes, which will help scientists better understand the solar corona's magnetism and thermal structure. . For more photos and a video, go to dailycamera.com.
Cliff Grassmick Staff Photographer August 8, 2017

Jenna Samra adds a mirror to the Solar Eclipse tracking instrument. An NCAR research team is going to be using its Gulfstream-V research aircraft during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, to take infrared measurements for about four minutes, which will help scientists better understand the solar corona's magnetism and thermal structure. . For more photos and a video, go to dailycamera.com.
Cliff Grassmick Staff Photographer August 8, 2017

Ed Deluca, principle investigator, gets into the aircraft. An NCAR research team is going to be using its Gulfstream-V research aircraft during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, to take infrared measurements for about four minutes, which will help scientists better understand the solar corona's magnetism and thermal structure. . For more photos and a video, go to dailycamera.com.
Cliff Grassmick Staff Photographer August 8, 2017

Photos: Solar Eclipse to be Tracked by NCAR Aircraft

An NCAR research team is going to be using its Gulfstream-V research aircraft during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, to take infrared measurements for about four minutes, which will help scientists better understand the solar corona's magnetism and thermal structure.